Mega Rayquaza has lived through several of these eras, so here's a quick guide to how they work
While I dont have the data to prove the trend, certainly from my own experience the more generous a set, the more of my money I want to spend on it
Power creep has unfortunately started to push that idea out of vogue, with the speed and consistency of most decks increasing rapidly over the past year or two, thanks to insanely pushed cards
The effect doesnt end here, either
One creature in particular from that set, Monastery Swiftspear, was reprinted for Standard and remains such a potent card that she sees play in Modern burn decks
I'll never talk about Lands in the main part of the article, but some artifacts are fun enough for me to talk about in terms of a monster design